Design Principles // Type and Grid

From the original boring kickboxing magazine article double page layout that i decided to work with, these are the thumbnail designs i came up with it. I tried to be a bit experimental with most of them. I wanted to bring one of the photos out of the image. I really like the idea of the man kicking the title of the Article. These are my thumbnails that i created...

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I asked for feedback around the class to see which design i should go with, without telling them which was my favourite. I have underlined both my favourite and the one people chose. This was the obvious choice to take further for me. 

The next step was to scan this design in. My plan is to place this underneath as a layout. that way i can trace through to get the measurements correct. The layout is pretty simple so it should work out okay. 

I will also be collecting images from the internet that are similar to the ones in the magazine. I will cut them out in photoshop to get the 'cutout effect' before placing it in Indesign...

As you can see, on this double page Indesign document you can see the three columns that i had marked out on the grid and in my designs. I will be following these carefully to get my design perfectly aligned.

The next step was to collect my images. There are four in total. Three boxed images ad then my main 'kicking' image. I finally found one of a girl kicking that was almost identical to the one in my designs. I decided to use this. Here is the original...

I will now have to use photoshop to cut around the girl before i can use the image in Indesign...

I cut her out then cleaned up the edges. Saved this as a pdf so i can bring it into indesign and play with type around it. I also flipped the image around so that it matched the designs.